only if you're interested

The Washington Post and the New York Times have pretty fair and calm editorials today about the John Roberts nomination to the Supreme Court. The jist is - don't go into a panic over whether you're going to be freakily opposed or rabidly in favor. Let the guy go through his hearings and say his piece, because his judicial portfolio is really quite thin. He was an attorney for a long time, but has only been a judge for 3 or 4 years. Adam did a check this morning on some things - one thing he read recently was speculation that the nominee would have made speeches to the Federalist Society. Roberts is a MEMBER of the Federalist Society, which is a solid indicator of his constitutional leaning. Adam is optimistic because he's planning to become a member of that same organization when he starts law school next year, and what little I've looked at about the group so far, I like as well. We have no further opinion at this time.

Let me know if you're interested in the editorials and I'll email them - the Post and Times are both online-registration only and you can't get into their articles unless you cough up your personal information. I read them frequently enough for work that I registered for access (it's free) and get their daily headlines via email.